9 a.m. —Veterans Affairs Department holds a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War to introduce committee members, receive remarks from dignitaries, review committee reports, receive an update of activities since the last meeting and hold a period for former POWs and/or the public to address the committee. Location: VA, 810 Vermont Ave. NW. Contact: 202/273-5700.

10 a.m. —Minerals Management Service holds a public hearing on the Alternative Energy and Alternate Use Program. Location: Interior Department, 1849 C St. NW. Contact: 703/787-1660.

SUPREME COURT

Oral arguments begin at 10 a.m., one hour per case:

Docket number 05-85: Powerex Corp v. Reliant Energy Services

Docket number 06-593: Long Island Care at Home v. Coke

Contact: 202/479-3211.

SENATE

Meets at 2 p.m. for morning business and at 3 p.m. will resume consideration of the Intelligence Authorization Act. A roll-call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on S.372 will occur at 5:30 p.m. Contact: Republican Cloakroom, 202/224-8601, or Democratic Cloakroom, 202/224-8541.

SENATE COMMITTEES

2:30 p.m. —Energy and Natural Resources Committee holds a hearing on the National Carbon Dioxide Storage Capacity Assessment Act of 2007 and the Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Storage Research, Development and Demonstration Act of 2007. Mark Meyers, director of the U.S. Geological Survey, and David Hawkins, director of the Climate Center at the Natural Resources Defense Council, testify. Location: 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-4971.

Office of the comptroller workshop — all day —The Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency holds a workshop, “A New Director’s Challenge: Mastering the Basics,” focusing on OCC banking regulations for community bank directors. Events begin at 10 a.m.

11 a.m. — Saleem Hug of the International Institute for Environment and Development, Susmita Dasgupta and Craig Meisner of the World Bank, Thomas Johnny of ActionAid Sierra Leone and Antonio Hill of Oxfam International discuss “An Overview of Major Impacts and Challenges.”

Location: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K St. NW. Contact: 202/682-1611.